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Lately I've been reading a great deal about Americans losing their jobs. And I like to study the situation from both sides the employee side and the employer side.
Recently a guy was fired from Home Deport for wearing a religiously worded pin on his clothing while at work, because Home Depot felt the religious message could possibly offend a customer. And as we all know, customers are lifeblood of any business. The fired employee is suing Home Deport.
Any comments? Who's right, who's wrong?
(I looked at it from this angle: would my opinion on the situation change in accordance with the pin saying "In God We Trust"... or... "In Allah We Trust"...? Remember, both statements are religiously worded.)
I spent alot of years in the military, they didn't allow me to wear my personal pins on my uniform. Only for special occasions were "other items" allowed on my uniform. Black arm bands, or a black stripe across my badge for a fallen fellow police officer, possibly a pin saying you donated blood that day.......It was my choice to enter the military and I signed saying I would follow the rules......
Pretty simple.......
Bray - so if he had been wearing a pin all along and it said, "In Allah We Trust", and he had been reading the Koran all along, even after warnings not to do so, he should be allowed to continue to do both?
What I find most interesting about this are MY OWN FEELINGS when we substitute something else for the word 'God'... such as 'Allah"... or 'The Devil". I like the idea of the 'God' pin, but if it were 'Allah' or 'the Devil', I'd disagree with him wearing it.
I believe this type of thing is the 'tip of the iceberg'.
How badly does this guy need a job? I know that whenever I worked for a company, I was there to do what the company wanted first, and 'me' second. In other words - I did what the company wanted me to do on company time. If they suggested I change my shirt, I changed my shirt. Why? Because I valued my job.
One of my installers was a little Cambodian guy who stood about 5' and couldn't have weighed 90 lbs. He had emigrated to Canada as a war refugee, and only had one lung, having lost the other to a wound he suffered during the slaughter in his homeland.
He was the hardest working individual I have ever encountered. Despite the fact that he held a degree, he had no problem doing the menial, manual labor that his job required. He showed up early every day and left late. He never complained and always maintained the highest standards.
He had, as you say, "signed on" and committed himself to the job 110%. He did what he ws asked without question, even when the edicts from higher up elicited groans from the other employees.
If I'd had a shop full of workers like him my job would have been much easier. Some people might complain about "immigrants" like the man I'm describing taking their jobs, but those complainers are invariably the ones who feel entitled to that job and probably wouldn't know a work ethic if it jumped up and bit them on the ass.
The lesson is simple. . . do what your employer asks, do it well and do it when you're asked and you'll have that job tomorrow. If not, then remember that there is a 5' tall half-crippled immigrant with a work ethic out there who will take your job in a flash.
Yup, an immigrant here, or someone just like him in a foreign country.
Americans aren't 'entitled' to jobs.
When the bozo who got fired from Home Depot gets his 15 minutes of fame, and he can't find another job (who would hire his dumb ass now?), he will be crying a different tune.
The company is correct, the shirt may offend someone.
The employee is right, They have to right to religious freedom and expression.
However in the work place, while working for the employer, they represent the company and it's interests. They must honor the company rules. What they do on their own time is their business. Unless the courts find the companies rules unconstitutional.
The only way to correct the situation is to only allow company logos and phrases to be shown while at work except for holidays. All employees must wear work apparel.
If that is their policy the guy is toast.
"When the bozo who got fired from Home Depot gets his 15 minutes of fame, and he can't find another job (who would hire his dumb ass now?), he will be crying a different tune."
That's called natural selection.
Taders, why make exceptions for the holidays?.... They can wear whatever holiday pins or items are provided for them or at least, approved by the boss.
Because though the company makes the rules if you step on peoples holiday cheer it's not good PR
The employee should have been terminated for a different reason. Any reason though, just no official reason associated with the real issue.
If someone is stupid enough to aggravate their employer for their own personal agenda they need to realize there are plenty of other people waiting for that job.
Some people simply think pride/principal is always more important than food and shelter.
It should be called 'subsistence' money because it doesn't 'stimulate' anything.
The funds simply allow an existing expenditure to continue spending, without creating any future jobs.
